St. Louis Cardinals at Kansas City Royals MLB Pick – August 14th

/01 Nov 2019

Last night hurt. After a hot month of July where we won more than 70 percent of our picks, August was a struggle. And that has been personified by what happened last night in the match between the Red Sox and Indians. I left a play about the Indians in the home and has been looking to evaporate Chris Sale, that while still being really good sometimes, has been super inconsistent all season long.
And Sale did battle as he gave up five runs, all earned, in six and also two-thirds of an inning pitched. Straightforward game, right? You gamble against Sale, he pumped, we win our bet, right? Not too fast. In one of the more inexplicable moves I have seen all year, Frankie Lindor made a decision to conduct the Indians out of a come from behind victory last night in the bottom of the ninth.
Only seconds after Lindor smashed a game-tying dual to centre field, he removed attempting to steal third base for no apparent reason. He had been caught stealing and killed the Indians rally. There was only one out once Lindor attempted to take third base, along with the Indians had the core of their order up using their number five and four hitters coming to the plate. It simply didn’t make any sense at all because he had been already in scoring position and with his elite rate, he was scoring on pretty much every single base hit.
Even the Red Sox Use the gaff and also took the lead to some Jackie Bradley Jr solo shot home run in the top of the tenth inning. Eventually, the Indians got the leadoff man on at the bottom of the frame, but he failed to come around to score, and then we dropped our bet. It was a frustrating way to lose, to say the very least. For today’s selection, we will visit Kansas City where the Royals host the Cardinals.
The St. Louis Cardinals are at Kansas City Wednesday for game two of a quick two-game set, looking for the sweep. The Cards took game one final night as these feeble Royals bats were totally shut down by the St. Louis pitching staff. Jack Flaherty tossed seven shutout innings, also Andrew Miller and Carlos Martinez ended the shutout and the Cards won the match 2-0.
The triumph was a large one for the Cardinals since they are now only 1 game back from the Chicago Cubs for first place at the National League Central division title race, with the Milwaukee Brewers lurking only a game and a half back in third location. The Cardinals have won four consecutive games after sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in their last series, they’ll seem to make it two straight sweeps tonight and that they could ill afford to let a soft matchup such as this 1 pass them .
For the Royals, they are slogging through the season as one of the worst teams in the sport. Their 43-77 album is far better than just the Baltimore Orioles along with the Detroit Tigers. They are only 3-7 at the month of August, which comes on the heels of them dropping six from their past seven matches to shut out July. Winning just has not been a major part of the equation this year for a rebuilding Royals team.
Starting tonight to get the Cardinals is Dakota Hudson (10-6 4.01 ERA), and also for the Royals, it is Brad Keller (7-12 4.09 ERA). The game complete over-under is put at two and a half conducts. The Cardinals are -129 road favorites. First pitch is scheduled for 5:15 PM PST from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City.
Dakota Hudson has been a pleasant surprise for the Cardinals this year. The second-year participant had never made a significant league start before this season however has since really done a serviceable job in that role this year. He has awakened double-digit wins, and his ERA of 4.01 is strong with such a young arm. 1 thing which Hudson has done remarkably well because of late is giving his team a chance to win games.
The Cardinals have won thirty out of the final fifteen starts. And that tendency has been largely true all season long as they’re 16-8 on the year if Hudson takes the mound. He is seldom spectacular on the mound, but he always gives a good work. He’s allowed three runs or fewer in twenty-two of his twenty-four begins this year. Allowing over three runs in a beginning only 1 time since April. I expect great things from Hudson tonight from this Royals group that is near the base of nearly every offensive category.
Brad Keller is probably better than his stats will lead one to believe. His twelve reductions would be the second-most in the significant leagues, supporting just Aaron Sanchez, but in fact, he has not been that bad. In Julyhe posted strong results since he went 3-1 with a 2.12 ERA in five starts. But that success has dropped off lately as he’s enabled eleven earned runs in his last few starts, and the Royals have dropped each game. Contrary to Hudson, who always seems to find a way to win, the Royals have dropped sixteen times when Keller has started this year.
That is a much better amount than it may appear on paper. Hudson has a better record than his results support, while Keller’s album shows that he was awful when really, he has only been average. That being said, this is still a mismatch on paper. The Cardinals will be the significantly better team. Whenever you have a team that is twenty matches before another group, and you are able to back them at anywhere near even cash, you want to pounce on it.
But the Cardinals haven’t been great on the road this year, they are a very underwhelming 28-32 from St. Louis, but they did not get to play a lot of these games from a team as poor because these Royals are right now. And it’s nothing just like the Royals are some world-beaters in the home, they are thirteen games beneath .500 in Kaufman Stadium this year. So, I will put just a tiny wood and back the much better team. Give me that the St. Louis Cardinals in -129 tonight in game two from Kansas City!